Apr 16, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Biothreats, Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, DPE, Dr. Jane Goodall, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Nagasaki, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Senator Alan Cranston, United Nations
Remarks upon Accepting the Alan Cranston Peace Award by Jayantha Dhanapala Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Award Ceremony Hosted by the Global Security Institute United Nations New York, NY 16 April 2002 Excellencies, friends and comrades – not...
Apr 8, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, DPE, Global Terrorism, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle Powers Initiative, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, U.S., United Nations
Global Security Institute April 8-19, 2002 SUMMARY An exercise in frustration, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty dashed the hopes raised at the 2000 Review for serious progress on nuclear disarmament....
Apr 4, 2002 | Disarmament, DPE, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
13. NGO Statements: 14 Presentations 13.1The PrepComm devoted the whole of Wednesday morning of the first week to hearing 14 NGO Statements. The exercise was convened by Reaching Critical Will, a project of the Women’s International League for Peace and...
Apr 4, 2002 | Cold War, Disarmament, DPE, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Middle Powers Initiative, Nagasaki, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, United Nations
Twenty years ago, in 1982, a world commission led by the Swedish diplomat Inga Thorsson published a report on the relationship between disarmament and development. It set out the security options for governments: more money for arms or more money for economic and...
Dec 31, 2000 | DPE, Global Terrorism, Iraq, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation
U.S. General Charles Horner, who commanded Allied Forces in the Gulf War declared in 1997 in an address to the War College, “I predict that a nuclear weapon will be exploded on the territory of the U.S. in the next few years.” Former Secretary of Defense...
Dec 31, 2000 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, DPE, NATO, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Russia, U.S.
Seven Steps the U.S. Can Take to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons GSI Factsheet 1. DE-ALERT ARSENALS Most Americans do not know that both the U.S. and Russia maintain a policy requiring that their nuclear arsenals, including more than 6000 strategic warheads in silos and...
Aug 11, 2000 | China, Cold War, DPE, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO — A highly classified new report by the nation’s key intelligence agencies issued Thursday raises new questions about the efficacy of President Clinton’s proposed missile defense system as a deterrent to nuclear conflict....
Mar 14, 2000 | DPE, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
Thirty years ago — March 5, 1970 — the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. The countries that negotiated the NPT had clear and important goals. They wanted a safer, more secure world in which states not possessing...
Feb 14, 2000 | Denuclearization, DPE, GSI Programs, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Every five years, the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) comes up for reassessment by the countries that have signed it. This is the treaty that provides for international restraints (and inspections) on nuclear programs… It covers not only the nuclear...
